Mark E Smith Reads An Xmas Story For BBC Collective

[alibootboy]

a very peculiar specimen-ah! ;)

[raltonk1]

it's definitely Mark E Smith, he turns the microphone and speakers around half way through the performance. Vegetashhhhhhhhhone

[SMThomasson]

Who the hell produced this?! The shit Xmas decorations, the cheesy roaring fire and leather chair, MES changing outfit midway through the thing! Hilarious!

[lilacmoonbrother]

i cant understand a single sentence

[Photonzos]

forget the unintelligible story reading and stick with the Stephen Hawking impressions.

[MrPabz9]

Looks like duff impression of Mark , by Fred Dibnah/ Richard Madely hybrid . Fucking brilliant!.

[MrTulip65]

Thanks,Mark...Come again.

[Lieu3C4]

Mark how Mark reads, such that fairly fairly bleeds meaning meaning to and lays such that thus what were freely before you. Also: my scairdiest Lovecraftwing eva!

[robdowling123]

Mark E smith reading HP Lovecraft. This is f**king great.

[felixcock]

didnt he acquire some champagne from the supermarket?

[mspubquiz83]

best thing on youtube.

[lifepod2036]

Brilliant. Who's idea was this. he reads ok though. Im gonna bookmark this for my children for xmas. too bad they're not 6 or 8 years old anymore. this would be entertaining to record my childrens expression while being force to watch next to a Christmas stocking full of coal.

[struantheruin]

Heh Mark. 

[spurtfather]

"...he's such a good old man..."

[LdyChatterleysPlover]

As MES has said himself, it's a good job he doesn't have kids

[chazegee]

this is what happens if you drop out of school

[montecarlo362]

fuck my creepy uncle is back to paed me up with a bed time "tuck-in" story ... what a treat..

[juturne]

Have to say that my son came in as I was watching this and he asked, "What's this music?"

Mark E. reads as he sings, "And therein lies the difference, and (the beauty) therein...."

[oo1ooo1oo]

Looks like Stephen Hawkings with less advanced symptoms of motor neuron syndrome.

[actron]

This is actually a great H.P. Lovecraft story. If you don't like M.E. Smith reading aloud you might still want to read it.

[lepaul2002]

......in may the insects came......most of the creatures seemed not quite usual in their aspects (a description of the average fall fan)

god bless marke e smith...

this space is reserved for innane titters............

[ozzymandi]

This guy has the reading ability of a 12 year old.

[ozzymandi]

Is this a joke ?

This guy cannot read.

[lakeakero]

Shall I say that the voice was deep; hollow; gelatinous; remote; unearthly; inhuman; disembodied?....so ancient that I trembled at the manifold signs of immemorial years.On every hand were the signs of neglect and decrepitude...But I do not fear him now, for I suspect that he has known horrors beyond my ken.

[longrun888]

jesus hes getting fat

[orphistic]

Leg End legend.

[kavacom]

mark .. you need reading classes, not reading glasses.

[sirlamb]

Slurring prick

[solsbear]

dont know literally who and what you are talking about there my friend.

[sirlamb]

Probably the incoherent, slurring prick in the video.

[potato73]

I love him to bits but he is starting to look like my Nan.

[blixa98]

mark e smith 4 president!

[leloby]

Its a lovely Xmas story with some great morals.

Thanks Mark.

[ManuelHung]

I have no clue what the hell he's saying...

[smithdream]

They could have at least gave him a bloody torch to read.

I would say he could hardly see that book in the dark.

His voice sounds like William Burroughs when he does the American accent.

Someone should add some beats and remix this.

[popalazarou]

lol merry fucking christmas...ace

[thetragedyofbirth]

The coal fire is false. The layout of the coal remains identical in both versions.

[peteholloway]

you sad twat. what does it matter?

[thetragedyofbirth]

I don't recall saying it mattered. Wake up!

[thetragedyofbirth]

The brown jacket also appears earlier. This is obviously two versions intercut, with a disregard for continuity.

[bgg0071]

I think you're wrong. In fact, I think I know you're wrong.

[thetragedyofbirth]

what you know,is what you think, what can be seen is the truth.

[bgg0071]

Seriously, I just watched it again. He's wearing the same zip up thing the whole time. In fact I know I'm sure I think I'm right. Watch it again, randomly and not in any particular order.

[morypcaina]

but he can't do up his zip

[thetragedyofbirth]

At 6.00 he sips a drink and the black jumper he's wearing under his jacket be comes a brown leather jacket.

[stevespillage]

As much as I like The Fall & Mr Smith etc,I do find it strange that he is turning into a now dead tramp from my home town of Bromsgrove.Said Tramp used to buy 6 blocks of lard on my till,each week,same time;when I worked in a supermarket in 1984.Said tramp had same "lick around mouth with long tongue" amongst pondering sober few moments(see beginning of vid)Luckily Roy Wood would pop in for his weekly shop with his wife and bring some sanity to the situation,usually in womens shoes. Salad days!

[Telefunken92]

Wish we have a man like him in sweden... thanks for posting!

[stevenuuu1212]

I love the american accent that would encroach every so often!

[mothermarvin]

Best Christmas ever.

[somepleb]

MES' admiration for Lovecraft is no secret (references to his work abound in Fall tracks), so it's apt they chose him to read this brilliant short story. It's also very likely that he was chosen because of his flawless imitation of the American accent.

[stevenuuu1212]

Ha Ha, Mark E. would laugh after bitch slapping you in the mouth!

[wicka6]

You're a cunt!

[jjj7477]

'tards....

[jjj7477]

-re. postcard &diet coke.

[wedrinkdietcoke]

hey, that's why he said uncle.

[hanleyfender]

Excellent. Many thanks. Hanley.

[zenhen]

What a treat this is!!Especially at Xmas Thanks!!

[jjj7477]

An Xmas scare at bed time with the great Mark E...the way he reads this H.P.Lovecraft tome is like another long, rambling,compelling and brilliant Fall song, the tonal shifts, not taking it too seriously either, he is like some much admired uncle we could wish for.... Merry Xmas Mark and one and all....